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Positional identification of Ncf1 as a gene that regulates arthritis severity in rats.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2003
Olofsson Peter, Holmberg Jens, Tordsson Jesper, Lu Shemin, Akerström Bo, Holmdahl Rikard
Abstract excerpt
The identification of genes underlying quantitative-trait loci (QTL) for complex diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, is a challenging and difficult task for the human genome project. Through positional cloning of the Pia4 QTL in rats, we found that a naturally occurring polymorphism of Ncf1 (...
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